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Re: CURIE Discussion - 2007 Championship

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Originally Posted by cire View Post
There is another type of hybrid people are forgetting about.

The Tube scorer and Ramp climber!

These are the teams who focused on tube scoring and a drivetrain to be able to climb ramps. A lot of really good tube scorers sacrifice part of their ramp climbing ability for more manuverablity. I do know that mecnums, omni's, swerve, 2wd, 4wd and so on can drive up ramps - but how reliably and fast?

Nothing beats a 6wd with a exposed wheel to eliminate any ground clearence problems. Yes thats what 1015 got guys and gals, a tube / climber hybrid!
Yes, tube scorer and ramp climber. We never got to try climbing up on ramps in competition because most of the ramps we got paired up with did not decide to work in the match. We have excellent traction, and enough power to pull ourselves up about any ramp including last years which we tried in practice.
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